14.3 Party Finder?

As the double doors opened for the throne room, gone were the courtiers and miscellaneous people from earlier. As of now, only the Emperor and his daughter were the only ones ushering me and Guidance into the jade room. As usual, Shizu was in front of us, and we bowed in time with whenever the princess did it herself.

"I've brought them here as requested, Father," Shizu respectfully announced.

"Rise."

At the Emperor's grunt, the three of us got our gazes off the green floor and up to where the man was sitting. He now wore something a bit simpler, in my opinion; a jade kimono still, but nothing as billowy as the one he wore when we fought, at least. The golden staff that almost killed me was present by his side now, and overall, the man just looked healthier for some odd reason.

Oh wait, that was Guidance's fault.